Venice (Republic : To 1797), enacting jurisdiction.
Published / Created:
1569.
Call Number:
MssJ V55 no.2 Rare26 11-0289
Image Count:
218
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. , Numbering: [1] blank leaf, [1], [1]-160, [1] pages, [16] blank leaves, [24] pages. , Manuscript on vellum. , Binding: volume bound in white vellum over boards. , Contains an index at the end., Illuminated page begins on [1], 3rd group of paging, opposite of page 2. , Text on the first page within decorated border and initials in gold and colors, with the emblems of Venice and Soranzos' coat of arms, unfinished. Capitals and titles in text in red, all edges in gilt., Illuminated first page begins: "MDLXIX. Ivro ego Ioanes Svperantivs Eqves Consiliarivs Venetiarum Sexterij Sancti Pauli ad avangelia sancta Dei, quod donec ero Consiliarius,...", This decorated manuscript, known as a Giuramento, contains the oath of the government-appointed counselor of the sestiere (district) of San Polo in Venice. In 1569, the Venetian patrician Giovanni Soranzo held this position, and he commissioned this illuminated legal document, the first page of which includes his name in large golden letters; his patron saint, John the Baptist, in the upper left corner; and his coat of arms in the lower margin. A Giuramento was issued to all six counselors of Venice and included a description of the doge's responsibilities. Counselors were members of the Collegio, the government’s highest executive committee. Two years before his appointment as counselor, Soranzo had served as the Venetian governor of Bergamo, in northern Italy., Volume inscribed by Giovanni Soranzo on the page (page [1], 2nd group of paging) preceding the illuminated page about his reelection as counselor in April of 1574. It appears that this manuscript was his personal copy, which bears his name in the illuminated page with the date 1569. , Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b451624, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut : Yale Law Library, 2019. MssJ V55 no.2 Rare26 11-0289, Description based on print version record. , and Written in humanistic cursive in Latin and Italian.
Publisher:
producer not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Italy, Venice, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Loyalty oaths, Law, City councils, Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern), and Manuscripts, Italian
"sub annis 1437 mensis Julii die 22", Manuscript on vellum., Numbered in a later hand form 2-30., Rubricated., Imperfect: leaves 1, 16-17 and last leaf lacking., Facsimile (separately paged) of this manuscript, with transcription of the Latin text (pages 73-128) in: Lo Statuto di Montebuono in Sabina del 1437 / saggi di Mario Ascheri, Tersilio Leggio, Sandro Notari ; edizione del testo manoscritto a cura di Alda Spotti. Roma : Viella, 2011., Also available in original print http://morris.law.edu/record=b257447, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut : Yale Law Library, MssJ M76 no.1 tall., Description based on print version record , and Hicks classification: MssJ M76 no.1 tall.
Publisher:
producer not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Italy, and Montebuono.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern), Ordinances, Municipal, and Criminal law
Manuscript, on vellum, in various hands approximately 1469 to 1543. Rubricated., Contemporary binding, with heavy metal bosses., The contents of this volume are the same as in the edition of 1609., Additional ms. notes on leaf 95 (verso) to leaf 97., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b257865, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut : Yale Law Library, 1469 MssJ C325 no.1 tall., Description based on print version record., and Hicks classification: MssJ C325 no.1 tall.
Publisher:
producer not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Italy, Ceneda., Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Ordinances, Municipal and Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Statvto e tassa de mercedi che si devono al governatore
Description:
Manuscript., Separate title-pages for Statvtvm Montisfortini giving the date for the enactment of the laws as 1606, and showing a fortress as the symbol of the town; and for Tassa della mercede showing heraldic shield within ornamental border., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b257446, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut : Yale Law Library, MssJ M764 no.1 tall., Description based on print version record. , Hicks classification: MssJ M764 no.1 tall., and Monte fortino, in the province of Rome, changed its name in 1873 to Artena. Do not confuse with Montefortino, a comune (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region Marche.
Publisher:
producer not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Italy, and Artena.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Italian, Taxation, and Law and legislation
